The night of her overdose, Lovato was with friends for a party. On July 23, 2018, Lovato was with friends celebrating the birthday of former choreographer Dani Vitale. When the party was over, Lovato invited people to her house for more fun. Vitale noted that Lovato served everyone La Croix, which made her feel safe that night. But when it was time for people to begin leaving, Lovato asked Vitale to stay, suggesting a sleepover. Vitale told the singer they could take a hike in the morning, but she notes in the documentary that she left feeling "weird," and wondering if she should have stayed the night. Lovato said she was going to sleep around 5:30 a.m., but "the reality was that I called one of my dealers over." The series reveals that Lovato's drug dealer gave her "what I assume now to be fentanyl by giving me 'aftermarket pills,'" and left her "for dead."
The morning after her overdose, Lovato was minutes away from dying. The morning of July 24, 2018, Lovato's former assistant Jordan Jackson found the singer when she came to bring her to a doctor's appointment. Jackson found her unresponsive and quickly called the head of her security Max Lea. While various members of Lovato's team were attempting to revive her, Jackson recalls that she snuck away to call 911 because "I didn't want to get in trouble for calling 911." She recounted watching the paramedics trying to revive Lovato, noting that at one point Lovato "turned blue, like her whole body . . . I was like, 'she's dead, for sure.' It was the craziest thing I've ever seen." Had it not been for Jackson calling for the ambulance when she did, the singer likely would not have survived her overdose. "My doctors said that, like, I had five to 10 more minutes, and had my assistant not come in, I wouldn't be here today," Lovato said in the doc. Lea also stated how he was "quite impressed" with how Jackson handled the situation.